Acknowledgements:

The support of the British Academy and the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland for this project is gratefully acknowledged.

Special thanks are due to Dr Rowan Watson, Head of Documentary Materials, Douglas Dodds, Head of Central Services and the staff of the National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum for their encouragement of and assistance with the project. This project also acknowledges the following other institutions who offered generous access to their collections: British Library, London; Hyman Kreitman Research Centre, Tate Britain; London Metropolitan Archives; Mitchell Library, Glasgow; Glasgow University Library, Department of Special Collections. Last but not least, our grateful thanks to colleagues and family in Glasgow and London, particularly those in London who facilitated many research visits.

Picture Credit

The banner image used by the default stylesheet for this site includes a detail from the painting: The Archduke Leopold Wilhelm (1614-62) in his Picture Gallery in Brussels, 1651 by Teniers, David the Younger (1610-90) Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria / The Bridgeman Art Library.